The Look in their eyes
The other day, I was coming out of a store when I noticed a fire and rescue truck parked near my car. I noticed the fireman walking around the parking lot and looking in cars. Apparently someone had called them to help someone in the parking lot. They found the car and began their questions and appeared to have found the right car. As I was leaving I looked around at the on-lookers and crowd that had gathered and noticed a look in their eyes, a look of compassion all around.
It was touching..
The look of compassion, when someone feels for another, it is a natural emotion that should be felt, but in today's world I feel that it goes lacking often. Yes, people can gather round in an emergent situation and care, but do we care enough to care.
As I began to think about this look I wondered if only people had a little more compassion for each other on a daily basis how much better off we would be.
Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ... Luke 10:30-35
It took extra effort for the good Samaritan to stop or did it? Maybe it was in his nature to notice and stop, maybe he had some extra time on his hands and was not in a hurry or maybe he heard a still small voice that told him to stop. Have you ever heard that still small voice and actually stopped to help someone?..... If not, you should.
Instead of showing that compassion and care in an emergency situation, why not show it now, today, in the here and now ? Practice compassion sensitivity. Meaning, I am gonna try and put myself in another's shoes when I pass them by, when I encounter a rude person, when I am wronged, when I am right, I will not immediately concentrate on myself, but I will pray for the other person, I will try and put myself in their shoes, and smile, make a difference in the lives of others. Instead of contributing to the evil and hate and anger in the world, try making it different.
It was touching..
The look of compassion, when someone feels for another, it is a natural emotion that should be felt, but in today's world I feel that it goes lacking often. Yes, people can gather round in an emergent situation and care, but do we care enough to care.
As I began to think about this look I wondered if only people had a little more compassion for each other on a daily basis how much better off we would be.
Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ... Luke 10:30-35
It took extra effort for the good Samaritan to stop or did it? Maybe it was in his nature to notice and stop, maybe he had some extra time on his hands and was not in a hurry or maybe he heard a still small voice that told him to stop. Have you ever heard that still small voice and actually stopped to help someone?..... If not, you should.
Instead of showing that compassion and care in an emergency situation, why not show it now, today, in the here and now ? Practice compassion sensitivity. Meaning, I am gonna try and put myself in another's shoes when I pass them by, when I encounter a rude person, when I am wronged, when I am right, I will not immediately concentrate on myself, but I will pray for the other person, I will try and put myself in their shoes, and smile, make a difference in the lives of others. Instead of contributing to the evil and hate and anger in the world, try making it different.
"Change your thoughts and you will change your world"~Norman Vincent Peale
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